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NZ researcher elected to prestigious academy Professor Linda Tuhiwai Te Rina Smith. Supplied photo. '); } else { // } A well-known indigenous studies Maori researcher and academic from the University of Waikato, has been elected as an international honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. It is a rare honour, and believed to be the first time a Māori academic has been elected to join the Academy. Professor Linda Tuhiwai Te Rina Smith (Ngati Awa, Ngati Porou, Tuhourangi), author of seminal indigenous studies text Decolonizing Methodologies: Re...

The American Academy of Arts & Sciences April 22 announced its 2021 group of new members, with several Indian Americans chosen in various categories among the 252 new additions. The Academy was established in 1780 by the country’s founders to provide guidance to a young nation that would face challenges and need expertise and excellence to emerge stronger. While the founders did not anticipate a year with a historic pandemic, overdue racial reckoning, and political strife, the purpose of electing new members is more compelling than ever, according to a press release. The 2021 election pr...

April 29, 2021 Maureen Hanson, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Bernice Grafstein, the Vincent and Brooke Astor Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medicine, have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced April 22. They are among 252 newly elected members  – 55% of whom are women – honored for individual achievements in academia, the arts, business, government and public affairs. �...

UMass Amherst chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences Updated Apr 28, 2021; Posted Apr 28, 2021 University of Massachusetts Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy ahas been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Photo by Erik Kaplan Facebook Share University of Massachusetts Amherst chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy has joined a body whose history is traced back to the Founding Fathers, and whose membership includes some of the nation’s most revered names. Subbaswamy’s election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences puts him i...

By Susan Gonzalez April 26, 2021 Share this with FacebookShare this with TwitterShare this with LinkedInShare this with EmailPrint this Top row: Bergemann, Breaker, Brown, Cao, Casey; Middle row: Hansen, Horwich, Huber, Iwasaki; Bottom row: Johnson, Sigworth, Spielman, Tanner, Washington Fourteen Yale faculty members who work across a range of disciplines last week were among the 252 accomplished individuals elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Those elected are “extraordinary people who help solve the world’s most urgent challenges, create meaning through art, and contribu...